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Agriculture > products
rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish |
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Business efficiency
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64.239 |
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[27th of 51]
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Comparative price levels
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64 |
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[25th of 30]
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Economic freedom
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2.3 |
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[53rd of 156]
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Economic importance
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7.7 |
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[10th of 25]
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Exchange rates
South Korean won per US dollar - 1,145.3 (2004), 1,191.6 (2003), 1,251.1 (2002), 1,291 (2001), 1,131 (2000) |
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Exports > Goods and services
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45% |
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[57th of 156]
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Exports to US
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$8,404,200,000.00 |
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[8th of 224]
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GDP > PPP
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$980,694,000,000.00 |
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[14th of 163]
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GDP per capita in 1900
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$850.00 |
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[28th of 39]
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GDP per capita in 1950
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$876.00 |
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[42nd of 52]
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GDP per capita in 1973
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$2,840.00 |
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[37th of 52]
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Income distribution > Poorest 10%
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2.9% |
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[44th of 114]
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Income distribution > Poorest 20%
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7.5% |
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[35th of 114]
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Income distribution > Richest 10%
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24.3% |
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[95th of 114]
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Income distribution > Richest 20%
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39.3% |
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[94th of 114]
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Innovation
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22.9 |
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[21st of 68]
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Population under $1 a day
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2 |
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[60th of 59]
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Poverty > Share of all poor people
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0.09 % of world's poor |
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[44th of 80]
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Technological achievement
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0.67 |
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[5th of 68]
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; IMD International, 2005; OECD; The Heritage Foundation; Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; US Census Bureau; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; Angus Maddison; Porter, Michael E. and Scott Stern, National Innovative Capacity, Chapter 2.2 in Porter, Michael, and JeffreySachs (eds.), The Global Competitiveness Report 2001-2002, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, p.104. via ciesin.org; World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea
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